The Raging Hippie

BAM!

2011-09-01T22:25:00.002+02:00

...and she's back.

Fail

2010-02-22T18:49:00.006+02:00

So. Have diagnosed the problem; my routine is bipolar. Right now we in a rather manic stage again. Have been since Thurs, hence no post on Friday. Not that you were actually going to be expecting one, you both know me better than that :-) Three days of debilitating calm and nothingness before, which is also not conducive to blogging - or productivity in general.

Oops Britney, I did it again.

2010-02-15T21:44:00.009+02:00

So the dresses did not kill me, surprisingly. There were moments when their victory looked indubitable, but I came out of nowhere with disconcerting calmness and claimed the day in a nail biting finish.HOWEVER, the whole working non stop thing leaves no time for no anything else (spot the five things wrong with the picture). Have moaned about this before, but still not gotten it right. Want to be

Not looking too good...

2010-02-07T14:37:00.007+02:00

The weeds are the only semblance of green in my garden right now. Is rather tragic. This is picture of my baby tomato patch breathing its last and luscious looking weed gloating with stupid fluffy purple flowers. More tragic still is the letter I received from my neighbour about my compost heap, but the most tragic, the tragicest, is that I may not survive till the weekend. There are five

Compost Mentis

2010-01-24T12:16:00.007+02:00

And yes! She speaks* Latin too; just call me Rabidus Terra Amicus.My disgmate and I have been talking about this compost heap of ours for a loooong time now, and I'm am happy to be all talk/all type - I get more laughs that way- but on Saturday she went to a hardware store (and wanted me to put in a plug for the hugely helpful staff of builders warehouse), borrowed some tools from a colleague and

All By Myself

2010-01-23T14:07:00.013+02:00

One tube changed, one bike fixed! So pleased with myself nearly went for an actual ride. Poor old tube had already been doctored a couple times and puncture patches looking a little worn out no wonder having hard time keeping air in.Also assuming was something wrong with the valve cos new tire was easy to pump up. Too easy. Hmmm.Anyhoo, no excuses now.Well. Am sure will be able to think of

Friday's Excuse:

2010-01-22T10:03:00.019+02:00

So not a good week in terms of The Bike. Got ready to take it shopping on Wednesday; found they key for its lock, had the right bag, right clothes and almost the right attitude, but when went to fetch it discovered the front tire flat. AGAIN. ARgh. Slooow puncture. GReat. So took the car. Bad hippie.Have a spare tube, and even know how to change it, I know my struggles with my pump have made me

eugh.

2010-01-18T14:24:00.012+02:00

Monday again. Sneaky bastard creeps up quicker than Christmas these days.So this week's plan is to get bike in working order and learn how to use that stupid pump before I break it in wild exasperation.Went for swim at local pool, maybe 2km's away, and still I DROVE there. Am pretty horrified with myself, but was midday and too hot and slow to walk, did try to pump bike tire, but with little

RIGHT!

2010-01-15T11:34:00.008+02:00

So it's time to stop the faffing. Have huge plans for this year, and writing this fucking post seems to be getting in the way of the whole starting process.Want it to be a kind check list that I can come back to, am always so bad with lists, but have a feeling people are beginning to really despair of me. So that makes all of us. Fuck.So here goes, in no particular order, and with no base in

Last of the Naughties

2009-12-31T13:21:00.001+02:00

So. Been a while. Have been busy. Yes! I KNOW! How bizarre (dududududududududu howbizzare howbizarre). And busy somehow seems to equal not being hippie. Huh. And not just too busy to blog; too rushed to water garden, too late to ride, and then too tired to cook. So garden shriveling, spending more money on my car's drinking than my own, and food am buying in far too much non-recyclable packaging

Pernickety Much?

2009-12-10T13:34:00.004+02:00

Hot Buss

2009-12-07T22:07:00.029+02:00

Still quite chuffed at my epic organisational skills. Hired a bus for me and 60 of my closest friends (No, really. Am popular. I am!) to take us to my dream come true; the Killers Concert. Oh my Brandon.Had realised quite early on that wasn't going to be able to get my peeps (or, let's face it, my self) to cycle there, concert was at wine estate in Franschhoek/Paarl Valley, location nearly as

You say tomato...

2009-12-03T14:53:00.007+02:00

I say*!TOMATO!*Oh my god! There's a tomato on my tomato plant! There are THREE tomatoes. Whoop. Can you see them? So pretty. Tempted to fry them, but will be patient and wait till they turn red. Yay! Soon salads won't just be green and sprouty. Hmmm. Next I need some olives.

What to Wear?

2009-11-25T23:36:00.027+02:00

Noticed the other day, while walking out house, that I was attired entirely in 2nd hand clothes. Well, except my underwear, obviously, that just goes without saying (well I wish it WOULD go without saying, but you just don't seem to SHUT! UP!).OK, so probably not the best put together outfit, was in a rush, am not usually quite so floral, but to my credit it was all at least clean. Shirt, glasses

Wild Salad

2009-11-24T11:14:00.014+02:00

Look at my precious little salad! All home grown, so proud, almost didn't eat cos was too pretty.

Recycling:CHECK!

2009-11-20T13:15:00.034+02:00

So finally, FINALLY got embarrassed enough to do something about tower of recycling in kitchen. Had dinner party the other night, standing round kitchen waiting for food we finish first bottle of wine. Friend looks at me, waving bottle, wanting to know where to put it. I sheepishly point to mound next to fridge (cos clearly we a bunch of mimes and don't actually speak to each other). God there's

a worm farm for 6 gold leotards?

2009-11-17T23:13:00.016+02:00

hmmm? A very fair exchange me thinks, though to be fair I would pay people to let me make them gold leotards. It's true. I would. GOLD leotards! GOLD LEOTARDS!but i digress, got a call from a lady this afternoon asking me to make costume for a school play, this would be the leotards, as well as some silver lamé ( AC_FL_RunContent = 0;var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( "http://

So Long Storm Trooper*

2009-11-16T22:30:00.018+02:00

So annoying digs mate is out! Yay, happy dance. Room is clean and empty, except for the cats who have claimed new territory.Has been a bit of a painful past couple weeks, but in the end she is gone. My electricity bill can decrease and I don't have to worry about the house burning down from her kitchen habits or it sinking from her bathroom ones. Joy.Have already found a new digs mate, in fact, I

Whoop!

2009-11-11T16:22:00.003+02:00

So you guys ARE still out there :-)Have been moping since last week cos NOBODY has been on my site, but now figured that when I changed the layout of blog I lost my tracker. Duh! So all back on track(er?) and little line ascending, which makes me ridiculously happy and wishing that I had done something post-worthy.But it's raining. Am not very hippie in the rain.

So long, and thanks for all the (sustainable) fish.

2009-11-04T18:19:00.016+02:00

So when I say that I am a vegetarian, I lie. I KNOW! Now what are you going to believe?The thing is that I am a pescetarian. Word that not even this spell check likes, hence link to dictionary, ha! spell check can go underline my ass. But is annoying, considering turning proper veggie just so I don't have to do the but-I-do-eat-fish-thing. I always feel like some kinda sneaky, cheating

NO BUTS!

2009-11-01T21:09:00.009+02:00

So, nearly a whole week without a post.Am running out of words.BUT. Had a little veg transplant on Wednesday, did not go according to plan. It was drizzling while I was planting which was perfect, but as soon as I'd finished it got really hot and poor little plants shriveled in a most miserable way and non of my enthusiastic encouragement made any difference. In fact, they just got worse and by

I Typed too Soon

2009-10-27T18:36:00.021+02:00

Those slimey snails are back with a vengeance that would make old Bruce proud. It's not just the giant gaping holes in the leaves and the pathetic droopiness of the stems that pisses me off, it's the full on disgusting trail of mucusy slobber that those creepy critters leek wherever the go. Up the pots, down the pots, all over the soil, ALL over all the leaves, especially the herbs. They don't

Look what we did!

2009-10-24T16:56:00.015+02:00

Saturday morning, 07h03, I get rudely awakened by a message. It's Friend1 just letting me know that she's 10mins away from my house...er...What? What the FUCK? I don't understand. Why in god's name ... Oh. Oh, pants. Oh, GROAN! This was MY idea. I wipe sleep and a crusty layer of mascara from my eyes and brace myself to leave mybed. I've disturbed cat1 who was curled at foot of bed, she sits up

Weekly Round Up: It could have been worse

2009-10-23T14:56:00.006+02:00

Workroom: and would have looked worse if I'd taken a picture of the other side of the room. But what you can't see won't hurt you. Unless you open that cupboard on the left. Seriously. Careful.But have space, and yes, a floor, is quite liberating. Just lots more to sort through and get rid of. Fun times.Riding: driven 81km, ridden 44.3, not bad? Biking very accurately measured on google earth.

As Promised

2009-10-23T12:15:00.001+02:00

excuses to follow shortly.